Anton Römer

Anton Josef Römer (born February 28, 1724 in Brno , † July 14, 1779 in Graz ) was an Austrian organ builder from Bohemia .

Life

Anton Josef Römer, son of the organ builder Andreas Josef Römer (1704–1750), came to Graz around the middle of the 18th century and worked as a journeyman for the organ builder Johann Cyriak Werner . After his employer died in 1747, he married the widow on April 19, 1750 and continued the organ building workshop. After the death of his wife, he married a Theresia Gottier in 1757.

Römer was an important Rococo organ builder in Graz . Because of the competition between two other flourishing workshops in Graz, he moved his main field of activity to Croatia around 1760, but was also active in western Hungary and in what is now Slovenia. He returned to Graz around 1770 and was commissioned to build the Graz cathedral organ . In Austria, only the organ in Frauenberg (in the Mürz Valley) and a number of cases such as the one in the Rein collegiate church have survived from Römer .

Works (selection)

year	place	building	Manuals	register	Remarks
1753	Fürstenfeld	City parish church	II / P	18th	New building
1753	Sankt Ruprecht an der Raab		II / P	20th	New building
1756	Sankt Nikolai ob Draßling		I.	6th	New building
1757	Niklasdorf		I / P		New building
1759	Bad Schwanberg	Parish church	II / P	16	New building
1761	Trški Vrh , Croatia	Mary Jerusalem	I.	12
1762	Zlatar, Croatia
1763	Szécsisziget , Hungary		I.	7th
1765	Varaždinske Toplice , Croatia		I / P	13
1766	Sopot, Croatia
1766	Donja Stubica , Croatia
1771	Graz	Dom	II / P	21st	New building
1771	Feldbach	Parish church	II / P	15th	New building
1772	Purely	Collegiate church	I / P	18th	New building
1773	Pernegg on the Mur		I.	10	New building
1773	Bad Schwanberg	St. Joseph	I.	8th	New building
1774	Ubelbach		I.	10	New building
1774	Pickelbach		I.	5	New building
1775	Sankt Marein near Graz		II / P	15th	New building
1775	Frauenberg	Pilgrimage church	II / P	19th	New building

Individual evidence

^ ^A ^b Douglas Bush, Richard Kassel: The Organ: An Encyclopedia. Taylor & Francis Group, New York 2006. ( limited preview in Google Book search)
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p Gottfried Allmer: "Publication of the Principal Association, Association of Organ Friends of Southeast Austria." No. 1; orgelverein.at (PDF)
^ ^A ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ Gottfried Allmer, Christian Fastl: "Römer (Rehner, Remer, Remmer, Renner, Riemer), family." Austrian music dictionary online; musiklexikon.ac.at , accessed on October 3, 2019.
↑ Heinrich Wimmer: "Baroque Organ Music in East Styria." (PDF), accessed on October 3, 2019.
↑ Rein> Stiftskirche. In: Bundesdenkmalamt (Ed.): “Dehio-Handbuch. The art monuments of Austria: Styria (excluding Graz). “Verlag Berger, Horn / Vienna 2013, ISBN 3-85028-422-0 , p. 394.

personal data
SURNAME	Römer, Anton
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Römer, Anton Josef (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Austrian organ builder
DATE OF BIRTH	February 28, 1724
PLACE OF BIRTH	Brno
DATE OF DEATH	July 14, 1779
Place of death	Graz

[TO-1] A ^b Douglas Bush, Richard Kassel: The Organ: An Encyclopedia. Taylor & Francis Group, New York 2006. ( limited preview in Google Book search)

[GA-2] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p Gottfried Allmer: "Publication of the Principal Association, Association of Organ Friends of Southeast Austria." No. 1; orgelverein.at (PDF)

[ÖM-3] A ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ Gottfried Allmer, Christian Fastl: "Römer (Rehner, Remer, Remmer, Renner, Riemer), family." Austrian music dictionary online; musiklexikon.ac.at , accessed on October 3, 2019.

[4] Heinrich Wimmer: "Baroque Organ Music in East Styria." (PDF), accessed on October 3, 2019.

[5] Rein> Stiftskirche. In: Bundesdenkmalamt (Ed.): “Dehio-Handbuch. The art monuments of Austria: Styria (excluding Graz). “Verlag Berger, Horn / Vienna 2013, ISBN 3-85028-422-0 , p. 394.